The robots game pits you against evil robots,
who are trying to kill you (which is why they are evil). Fortunately for you,
even though they are evil, they are not very bright and have a habit of
bumping into each other, thus destroying themselves. In order to survive, you
must get them to kill each other off, since you have no offensive weaponry.

Since you are stuck without offensive weaponry, you are endowed with one piece
of defensive weaponry: a teleportation device. When two robots run into each
other or a junk pile, they die. If a robot runs into you, you die. When a
robot dies, you get 10 points, and when all the robots die, you start on the
next field. This keeps up until they finally get you.

Robots are represented on the screen by a ‘+’, the junk heaps from
their collisions by a ‘∗’, and you (the good guy) by a
‘@’.

If you use the ‘w’ command and
survive to the next level, you will get a bonus of 10% for each robot which
died after you decided to wait. If you die, however, you get nothing. For all
other commands, the program will save you from typos by stopping short of
being eaten. However, with
‘w’ you take the risk of
dying by miscalculation.

Only five scores are allowed per user on the score file. If you make it into the
score file, you will be shown the list at the end of the game. If an alternate
score file is specified, that will be used instead of the standard file for
scores.